#EEED5E#EEED5E
#EEED5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.162 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EEED5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 237, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 61%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.5%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.49, -17.06, 67.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(91.49, 69.41, 104.23°) |
| OKLab | oklab(92.07% -0.0523 0.1534) |
| OKLCH | oklch(92.07% 0.162 108.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.5666, 79.5556, 22.3841) |
| Luminance | 0.7955 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 2.69
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.07
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.16
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.47
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.55
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EEED5E #5E5FEE
analogous
#EEA55E #EEED5E #A7EE5E
triadic
#EEED5E #5EEEED #ED5EEE
tetradic
#EEED5E #5EEEA5 #5E5FEE #EE5EA7
square
#EEED5E #5EEEA5 #5E5FEE #EE5EA7
split-complementary
#EEED5E #5EA7EE #A55EEE
monochromatic
#BEBC14 #E8E727 #EEED5E #F4F395 #FAF9CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.24
#EEED5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.91
#EEED5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EEED5E
16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EEED5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EEED5E | 1.00 | 1.24 | 16.91 | 16.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE44D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE967
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEDFCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E7E7E7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eeed5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 237, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.162 108.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7f291',
500: '#eeed5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eeed5e; $custom-light: #f7f291; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eeed5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 237,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.583,
"s": 80.899,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.92071,
"c": 0.16211,
"h": 108.8
},
"luminance": 0.79554
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EEED5E
secondary
#3435BC
accent
#0ADD08
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86857F